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Mrs FZR and me rode from Dieppe to Southern Normandy about 175 miles on billiard table smooth roads with virtually no traffic and the sun shone all day.

 

that’s a lot of fecking about splitting the chain with that tool, once you’ve ground the heads off the link it sometimes pulls out by hand Or a tap with a punch and hammer it’s all it needs, when putting the side plate on if you sit behind the bike you can watch the side plate line up with the plates either side of the one your fitting, also not all links come hollow like the one in the video some are solid.

 

Keep us posted, Duck! I'll be curious to know your helmet decision.

 

Quick sushi stop between jobs

 

I have a question regarding the recent posts about fitting a chain. Why do some come with a master link and some need riveting? Do our Triumphs require one specifically, or is it more the chain manufacturer?

 

Day four of sprocket and chain fit...

The Sealey chain breaker/riveter arrived yesterday evening so today after grinding off the heads off last rivet attempt I used it to push out the pins. That made mincemeat out of the tool pin...



Even with the rivet head ground off there was still a hole in the centre of the pin, together with the fact the tool tip is more than a mm smaller than the rivet pin meant all the force was on a smaller area and the tool tip got pancaked.

Next was to push the new side plate onto the new link. That took about 15 minutes, because as soon as you turn the screw, the anvil head also twisted out of alignment and I had to keep backing it off and adjusting it.

Finally the riveting. The YouTube video showing how to use the tool has the guy using a the small T-bar that comes with the tool. My rivets were made of sterner stuff and need a half meter breaker bar and an old fork stanchion...



I know that looks like overkill but I needed those bars to get to the point where my digital callipers said the rivet head was wider that where it goes through the side plate (head end tapers so it stated out 0.1mm less). I also found that with the tool parts having some slack, the forming head was slipping sideways so ended swapping the tool to the inside of the chain to get the rivet mushroomed vaguely symmetric. At no point in all this did the flange on the rivet forming head actually look like it was going to sit flush to the rivet as the instruction videos said was the point to stop.

After all that, the forming head was also mincemeat..



But at last I now have the thing riveted and nice shiny new chain and sprockets ready for a test ride tomorrow...

 

Man, we love our bikes!

 

Ordered it yesterday from Italy, received it today. DHL Express really is what they say it is..
No more shaking brakes.

 

I bet he has seen one of these DD
https://www.ronniesunshines.com/air-rifles/co2-air-rifles/umarex-thompson-m1a1-black/

 

CO2 powered Thomson with recoil £299

 

Took bike out for a test ride today to check the new chain and sprockets. Took it easy for the first hour, checking the chain a couple of times; it looked fine. So as I was getting very warm from all the sunshine I turned up the air conditioning for the second hour Bike ran great, it was smooth and straight as a die when removing grip from handlebars and in the twisties steered true and assuredly with the nearly new tyres

As a bonus, I now know that the 'thrumming' noise and feeling with a period of about a second when cruising at constant speed around 50mph was nothing to do with drivetrain or tyres, because it's still there with all new parts. I reckon it's just the ECU very slightly changing the throttle about the point it is aiming for.

 

I’ve got a whale chain tool there £70-80 ish but very robust and straight forward to use.

 

Thanks, someone else recommended that too. Did wonder how you brace it, or does it have enough mass that the inertia of the tool is enough?

Also, the problem with the first tool I used was that the recess in anvil forming the rivet head was the same diameter as the pin I was riveting, so it had no room to spread. (The chain I was replacing had pins 0.3mm smaller, so it probably would have worked with that.)

 

the hardest part of replacing a chain is putting the side plate on, peening the soft link over can been done with a punch and hammer,if you google installation of a new motorcycle chain with a whale chain tool by Tsubaki rider it will show you how the whale chain tool works, I would have uploaded it but I don’t have a clue how

 

What sort of meeting is this?? Legitimate? North of glossop on the way past the Scenic reservoirs is a small farmhouse tea room that’s nice. Failing that the Main Street has lots of home cooked eateries. What time you meeting?

 

Thanks. You just need to write a link. Or just cut'n'paste the URL (address) like

Edit: Ooh, I see that if you just paste a YouTube URL the forum software turns that into a video preview.

 

Tested out the new Rizoma bar ends ( LOVE) and upped the front brake ratio setting to max ( 21) much better feel and response

 

I would just love to have a good sit down with the insurance company that gave you that answer and have a chat around the logic in that sort of policy or statement.
Another question would be "Ok, I found a pair of really crappy discs for £10 on aliexpress or wish, they are known to be amazingly crap, do I get a cheaper insurance with these?"

Some insurance companies or if its just some of their staff making stuff up (I do wonder sometimes) never ceases to amaze me.

 

I’m just trying to get my jacket on
I shouldn’t be long
Wait there.....don’t move

 

Where the feck is chunal